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Desire Paths

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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I love that the last frame suggests it may never end.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It suggests that whoever keeps trying to force for the pathing is an idiot

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But even when they caved and paved the desire path (good), a new desire path was created.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Look at the original desire path it goes to the corner the paved path is offset 30 degrees because people want to access the crosswalk not the sidewalk then the crosswalk

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Whoever was trying to force it was an idiot, and people are savages.

(Although I actually question if it would end this way)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

It suggests that they put it too far to the left.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it shows that people tend to make things too straight and geometric, when they should instead be curvy and organic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but if you make things too curvy they no longer fit together well. And can be hard to build depending on the construction methods used.

[–] Mushroomm 2 points 2 months ago

Any medieval city builder that has transport networks I usually have my central hubs looking like I modeled them after a methed up Spidermans jizz after giving webslinging from his dick a try.

It starts just like this comic tho

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago (4 children)

i need at least two more comments from lost lemmings pointing out that these are, in fact, called “desire paths”

[–] brotundspiele 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These are, in fact, called 'lust lanes'.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] peteypete420 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

my dear great grandmother isabella, god rest her soul, would always call them “cum corridors”

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

There's a community called desire paths on lemmy you know /s

[–] Scubus 5 points 2 months ago

desire paths

[–] Susaga 5 points 2 months ago

I am a lemmy user who knows exactly where I am, but I also want to say "desire paths"

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

This is why I my default feed is Everything top six hour. I'm now a member of a community celebrating something I didn't even know I loved until I saw it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Top six gang 💪

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

We are many ❤️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I sometimes wish there was a top three hours too. Now I have to juggle between 1 and 6.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

This is you:

This is why I my default feed is Everything top six hour

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

All I see is Direct Action

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

these are called "jesus fuck i have to walk 800m to reach a place that is 400m from my house, i'll be fucked if i'm following the footways and making that 900m"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These are called desire paths.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

which is also the name of the comunity to which it was posted 🎉

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Some people choose to look at the comments rather than the official look-at-the-community route.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I know, just fulfilling other's wishes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe folks just want another bench and bin!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] iAmTheTot 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure the members of a community called desire paths know that these are called desire paths

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is just like saying someone's name to them during sex.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's why I always say someone else's name. Keeps things spicy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I bet you just say your own name.

Slowly, pronouncing every syllable like it is Skyrim and you are executing a shout.

[–] southsamurai 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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